Has anyone here ever taken a trip after being diagnosed? What cities do you think are easiest to travel? We will want to walk around the cities, and I'll want to have easy/quick access to a restroom. Any ideas?

We are thinking about either Lisbon, Barcelona, or Berlin, but might change our plans if we find a different city that is better suited to traveling with UC.

Ive been out of the country a few times with my condition,Although i was under control. Are you on any meds? How bad are you flaring(how many times will you go per day)22 Male DX at age 12 w/ UCRemicade.20kg per mgzoloft 100mg for anxiety

I am on Remicade and Asacol. Right now things are OK, but things sometimes fluctuate from infusion to infusion.

I'm not SUPER worried, as we'll be able to plan it for soon after an infusion, and worse comes to worst we'll just hang out wherever we eat for awhile until I feel confident that walking around for hours is a good idea, just wondering if anyone had any recommendations/tips or specific cities they visited that were intentionally or unintentionally accommodating.

I don't have UC, but do have my own health problems. I just spotted this and wanted to say that in August I went to Barcelona. It is a HUGE city with loads to see and do, but it was exhausting. In 1 day, we managed a quater of the city, and only about 30 minutes was walking, we resorted to the tour buses in the end as it was very easy to get lost. The map itself was so big, it was hard to pinpoint exactly where you were.

I suffer with mobility problems though, so this could have been the reason why I found the walk round so difficult and daunting. I have a bladder of steel though, so only needed the toilet once all day and we were in the art museum at that point, so it was easy to find.

I will say it is a beautiful city though, full to brim with things to do and sights to see.

I spent a lot of time in Germany and so I could recommend Germany, the toilets are kept real clean. The public toilets usually have permanent staff keeping them clean, they usually charge a Euro to use them but it's well worth the price to pay, I can't comment on anywhere else other than to say there are McDonalds and Burger Kings everywhere that you could use the bathroom, hope this helps.

I haven't visited the cities you mention, but have travelled in the past to several others in Europe, including Budapest, Geneva, Milan, Paris, Prague, Venice, Vienna, and Zurich-- w/o major toilet (WC) access problems. What you mainly have to beware of are true in ANY city: crowding conditions or outmoded facilities or scratchy or inadequate toilet paper. (Things like going to a museum at peak attendance where you might have to wait in line to use the john and then get a stall lacking toilet paper.) One problem I found particular to southern Europe were bowl-less public toilets, where one basically has to squat over a hole in the floor-- that still existed in some popular tourist towns a decade ago, but you wouldn't be heading there anyway. So long as your UC is under control, public johns should not pose major problems, but it never hurts to keep pocket tissue packs on your person as you move about town. Also, if you organize your daily itinerary, you can figure out in advance where you'll likely be needing to use the WC. Have fun planning-- getting sufficient city info in advance helps overall. / Old Hat (30 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)

I haven't been to Berlin but I was in Stuttgart and Kirchheim unter Teck (in the south). I was flaring but for some reason okay when I was out walking around. I took Bentyl with me everywhere, but mostly just had trouble when I was idle. Get "stilles Wasser" rather than just water (Wasser)... they'll give you nasty fizzy stuff if you ask for water. Stilles is normal water. And I stuck with Brezeln (pretzels) and butter when I snacked while I was out. Have fun on your trip!

I was diagnosed after returning, but had some minor symptoms while in Europe. Its tough to find a bathroom in Italy (especially in the south), but Germany, Switzerland and Holland would prolly be the best (and my favorites). Barcelona is not bad either, but could be a little difficult at certain spots. Didnt go to Lisbon so no help there. Youll prolly be in a good enough mood that you wont have to worry about having troubles, but dont let something like UC slow you down. Just pack alot of underwear... haha. Good luck to you.